New Releases by Patrick McDonnell

From a New York Times bestselling author and creator of the beloved comic strip Mutts comes the beloved story about nothing--and everything!--perfect for gift-giving at the holidays and year-round. This special 25th anniversary edition features a brand-new cover. Mooch the cat desperately wants to get his friend Earl the dog a gift for the holidays, but Earl already has everything he needs. "What do you give a guy who has everything?" Mooch wonders. Then it dawns on him: nothing! But it turns out "nothing" is harder to find than you''d think... This perennial favorite from bestselling author and the award-winning creator of the beloved comic strip MUTTS sends a heartfelt, timeless message about the priceless value of friendship. Don''t miss these other picture books by Patrick McDonnell: The Gift of Everything Me...Jane Art Hug Time Tek The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned His ABC''s (the Hard Way) A Perfectly Messed-Up Story The Monsters'' Monster

This heartwarming story perfect for the holiday season offers a fresh take on mindfulness and gratitude and features Patrick McDonnell''s familiar beloved characters from his popular MUTTS comic strip! It’s that time of year again. Mooch the cat is searching up, down, and all around for a perfect gift for his special friend Earl. But what is perfect? Join Mooch as he sees the world around him with a fresh feeling of gratitude and discovers the answer: Everyone… Everywhere… Everything! Good thing he has just the right person to share it all with! In this joyful rhyming companion to the New York Times bestselling classic The Gift of Nothing, the stars of the beloved comic strip MUTTS find the gift of their lives. Don''t miss these other picture books starring MUTTS characters: The Gift of Nothing Hug Time

Enjoy this beautifully illustrated and packaged collection of Mutts comic strips from 2022 by Patrick McDonnell. The Little Things: A Mutts Treasury collects a year''s worth of special and sweet moments with Earl, Mooch, and the rest of their four-legged friends. This treasury features an entire year''s worth of Mutts comics, including sketch art and illustrations by author Patrick McDonnell. Printed on recycled paper.

From the award-winning syndicated comic strip Mutts, the long-awaited “Guard Dog” story is now collected and presented in full color along with supplementary material, timed for the 30th anniversary Guard Dog made his debut in the Mutts comic strip in 1995 and quickly became one of the strip’s most beloved characters. As a chained dog longing for freedom, he’s played an important role in raising awareness about the cruelty of tethering and has inspired countless Mutts readers to become involved in animal welfare. In October 2023, nearly three decades after his debut, Guard Dog’s freedom story began to unfold in newspapers and online. After being abandoned by his owner, left alone and suffering, Guard Dog was discovered by his animal friends Mooch and Earl, and ultimately rescued by Doozy, a kindly neighborhood girl, and Ozzie, Earl’s guardian. After years of visiting Guard Dog to provide him with comfort and support, Doozy adopted him—marking the end of a long life of neglect and the beginning of one filled with love and safety. The story line concludes with Guard Dog not only getting a new home but also a new name—Sparky—a nod to Patrick McDonnell’s greatest artistic inspiration, Charles M. Schulz, creator of Peanuts. As Guard Dog found his happy ending, McDonnell received requests from readers all over the world, many of whom had been invested in Guard Dog’s plight for decades, hoping that the long-anticipated story would be made into a book. This collected volume answers the demands of those passionate readers. Brought to life with Patrick McDonnell’s warm and intimate art, and featuring the complete story, now in color for the first time, Breaking the Chain is an emotionally resonant vignette whose grounding in the real-life animal neglect issues that affect millions of chained dogs worldwide will move both long-time Mutts fans and first-time readers.

Enjoy this beautifully illustrated and packaged collection of Mutts comic strips by Patrick McDonnell, delivering a year''s worth of special and sweet moments with Earl, Mooch, and the rest of their four-legged friends. This treasury features an entire year''s worth of Mutts comics, including sketch art and illustrations by author Patrick McDonnell. Printed on recycled paper.

Se abbiamo la capacità di distruggere la Terra, abbiamo anche la capacità di proteggerla. Alla residenza del Dalai Lama a Dharamsala, in India, è arrivato un insolito visitatore. Sua Santità interrompe la meditazione mattutina per accogliere e salutare un panda gigante che, preoccupato per il futuro del pianeta, ha percorso migliaia di chilometri per incontrarlo. Circondati dalla bellezza della natura, i due passeggiano per una foresta di cedri e all''ombra dell''Himalaya si trovano a discutere di questioni tanto semplici quanto importanti. Con parole di estrema saggezza e calore, il Dalai Lama trasmette al nuovo amico un messaggio potente di gioia e speranza, un invito a una rivoluzione compassionevole per il futuro del nostro mondo, ricordandoci che «siamo tutti membri di una sola famiglia che condivide la stessa piccola casa».

The second book in Abrams’ Marvel Arts line, featuring the art of the multi-award-winning, bestselling beloved Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell and the greatest super heroes of the Marvel Universe. “The Super Hero’s Journey is a genuinely moving treatise on the inspiration we can take from others, and an antidote for cynicism.” —Alex Ross, Fantastic Four: Full Circle "McDonnell’s unexpected conceit flies high and makes a perfect landing.” — Publishers Weekly [Starred Review] “A love letter to Marvel comics.”—NEWSARAMA "A philosophical and spiritual look back at the Silver Age comics heroes that inspired him, McDonnell’s weaves his own path to cartooning by intersecting his own art and renditions of Marvel’s classic heroes with the original, iconic artwork of their comics, as the likes of Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko’s works weaves throughout McDonnell’s history.”—io9 "McDonnell''s graphic novel is a love letter to both Marvel''s legendary creators and the valuable lessons found within their stories." — Screenrant “Inspiration, fun, and joy are to be found a plenty in Patrick McDonnell’s all-new The Super Hero''s Journey.”—AIPT Comics “The Super Hero''s Journey combines McDonnell''s iconic cartooning style with work from legendary Marvel artists like Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Don Heck to tell a story about positivity that''s as biographical and spiritual as it is action-packed and bombastic.”—CBR “A profound and moving reading experience.”—FORCES OF GEEK “Combining the magic of Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and Steve Ditko with the lessons of the Dalai Lama, Patrick McDonnell’s metatextual The Super Hero''s Journey is a unique addition to the graphic novel medium.”—CONSKIPPER “A gorgeous graphic celebration of Marvel Comics […] What makes The Super Hero''s Journey stand out is the way McDonnell marries the biographical elements of Lee, Kirby, and Ditko with his own autobiographical explorations of how their myth-making impacted on his life, as well as how those foundational superheroes resonated within the larger literary canon (hence the Joseph Campbell of it all)." — Boing Boing Imbued with the creativity, artwork, and heart of Patrick McDonnell, this all-new graphic novel love letter features the classic Marvel super heroes including the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Black Panther, and Spider-Man, and is the synthesis of McDonnell’s positive, inspirational sensibility and Marvel’s blockbuster brand. Using the Marvel Universe as avatars, McDonnell muses on how comics changed his life and inspired him to become a cartoonist, instilling a moral sensibility that he carries through his work and his life. Visually striking, The Super Hero’s Journey incorporates panels from classic Marvel comics as a tribute by McDonnell to his heroes—Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and the other creators of the Marvel Universe—alongside inspirational quotes from Eckhart Tolle, Thoreau, and others, presenting an adventure unlike any you have ever read. Also Available: Fantastic Four: Full Circle by Alex Ross

Originally published in 1980 at a time when the discipline of sociology was still relatively young in Australia, The Inheritance of Inequality is an important contribution to the study of social mobility in Australia. The book is based on findings from a survey of nearly 5,000 Australians who were interviewed about their family backgrounds and occupational careers. In its scope and sample size, the survey was unique among non-governmental Australian studies. It went beyond the findings of earlier surveys, giving broader understanding of social mobility and stratification. The book sets out the processes by which Australians have found their place in the world of work in the 20th Century. Factors tending to enhance or frustrate attainment are identified and the degree to which Australia is an egalitarian society is assessed.

From His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Mutt’s cartoonist and award-winning author Patrick McDonnell comes a powerful and timely gem of a book on how to heal our relationship with the planet and each other. At the Dalai Lama’s residence in Dharamsala, India, an unusual visitor has arrived. His Holiness interrupts his morning meditation to greet a troubled Giant Panda who has travelled many miles to see him. Welcoming him as a friend, His Holiness invites the Panda on a walk through a cedar forest. There in the shadow of the Himalayas, surrounded by beauty, they discuss matters great and small . . . With a galvanizing message about the future of our planet—text by His Holiness accompanied by McDonnell’s masterful illustrations—Heart to Heart calls for a Compassionate Revolution, reminding us that “we are indeed all members of a single family, sharing one little house.” Told with whimsy, wisdom, and warmth, this beautiful book is deceptively simple in its approach and all the more powerful for it, as it elegantly and decisively conveys a message of joy, hope and change. “There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday, and one is called Tomorrow.”

This treasury features an entire year''s worth of Mutts comics, including sketch art and illustrations by author Patrick McDonnell. Printed on recycled paper.

A special kids’ collection of the popular comic strip MUTTS, featuring themes of ecology, environmental friendliness, and animal education. This special collection of MUTTS comics for kids includes eco-friendly lessons on how to keep the environment clean and ways to help create a greener future for our furry friends and future generations. Mutts Go Green draws on Patrick McDonnell’s 25-year career of writing and illustrating heartwarming comics starring Earl the dog, Mooch the cat, and a host of other adorable animal friends.

Questo libro, nato dalla collaborazione meravigliosa e unica di due autori di riferimento ciascuno nel proprio campo, affianca le parole originali di Eckhart Tolle, maestro di spiritualità, alle incantevoli illustrazioni di Patrick McDonnell, il creatore del famoso fumetto MUTTS. Ogni pagina scalda il cuore e ispira pensieri, intuizioni, e sorridente gratitudine per tutti gli esseri e per ogni istante. Più che una collezione di disegni di delizioso umorismo, il connubio tra l''arte di Patrick McDonnell e le parole di Eckhart Tolle trasmette un profondo amore per la natura, gli animali, gli umani, per tutte le forme di vita. Custodi dell''essere celebra e ci rammenta non solo l''unicità di ogni esistenza ma anche la meraviglia e la gioia nascoste nel momento presente tra le pieghe della bellezza che a volte dimentichiamo di notare tutt''intorno a noi. *********************** Questo eBook è ottimizzato per la fruizione su tablet; se ne sconsiglia pertanto la lettura sui dispositivi eReader.

A year’s worth of delightful Mutts comics, featuring Earl the dog, Mooch the cat, and a charming assembly of feathered, furry & four-legged friends. Patrick McDonnell is a master of the comics art form, and his love for dogs, cats, and animals of all kinds come through in his sweetly humorous and super relatable daily comic strips. This Mutts treasury contains a year of original cartoons, with special artwork and author sketches.

El gato Mooch sólo piensa en dormir y el perro Earl, en pasear. Juntos son los mejores y más famosos amigos del barrio ¡y de casi todo el mundo! Sus aventuras incluyen hibernar, gastarles bromas a sus cuidadores Millie, Frank y Ozzie e intentar burlarle al carnicero un pedazo de salami. Aunque, claro, no son los únicos animales del vecindario: también están sus amigos Perro Guardián, siempre melancólico y encadenado, Bip y Bop, un par de ardillas que se divierten tirando bellotas desde los árboles, y muchos más. Desde 1994 estos carismáticos animales han protagonizado Mutts, una de las tiras cómicas más famosas del mundo. Actualmente se publica en cientos de periódicos de distintos países, y no sólo se ha ganado múltiples premios sino el corazón de sus lectores. Desde su lanzamiento ha sido aclamada por caricaturistas consagrados como Charles M. Schulz (Snoopy) y es reconocida como una de las mejores tiras cómicas de la historia. Además, sus personajes navegan entre un sinfín de temas, entre los cuales destacan el cuidado de los animales y del medio ambiente. Mooch the cat thinks only of sleeping and Earl the dog thinks only about walking. Together they are the most famous best friends in the neighborhood. Their adventures include hibernating and teasing their caretakers. Since 1994 these charismatic animals have starred in Mutts, one of the most famous comic strips in the world.

Timed for the 25th anniversary of the comic strip Mutts, The Art of Nothing celebrates the work of author and illustrator Patrick McDonnell Mooch, the curious cat, and Earl, the ever-trusting dog, are just two of the characters who inhabit the world of Mutts. In The Art of Nothing: 25 Years of Mutts and the Art of Patrick McDonnell, the award-winning author and illustrator’s beloved comic strip is celebrated as well as his bestselling children’s classics, including Me . . . Jane, The Gift of Nothing, South, Just Like Heaven, Hug Time, and Wag!, all shot from the original art. Also included are rare and never-before-seen artwork, proposals, outtakes, and developmental work, along with autobiographical commentary, a brand-new, career-spanning interview conducted by artist Lynda Barry, and an introduction by Eckhart Tolle (The Power of Now and A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose).

Este volumen es la segunda recopilación de tiras protagonizadas por Mooch, Earl y sus simpáticos amigos. Conoce nuevos animales, descubre más aventuras de las mascotas y sus humanos y sigue comprobando que Patrick McDonnell ha sabido transmitir el mensaje de la conservación y el respeto por los animales de una forma cómica y amable que sólo puede calificarse de sabia.

It’s summertime, and the living is easy, the ice cream is cold, and the temperature is so hot your brains will melt right out of your head. Mooch and Earl are eager to make the most of it, lounging in the backyard pool, building sandcastles on the beach, and exchanging knock-knock jokes with a dolphin. From whales and tsunamis to lemonade and Bermuda shorts, this Mutts collection is packed full of summer fun!

Publicada desde 1994, Mutts es una de las tiras cómicas más famosas de todos los tiempos y ha cautivado a cientos de miles de lectores con las aventuras de sus adorables personajes: el gato Mooch, el perro Earl y sus respectivos cuidadores. Mooch y Earl son muy buenos amigos, y adoran pasear por el vecindario, hacer nuevos amigos y vivir aventuras tan absurdas como entretenidas. Cada tira tiene la combinación perfecta entre humor y ternura, y aunque a McDonnell le preocupa mucho la conservación y el respeto a los animales, consigue transmitir mensajes de gran importancia sin incurrir jamás en el pecado de la pomposidad o la grandilocuencia. Este volumen, con el que Océano inicia una serie, es la recopilación personal del autor de las mejores tiras de los primeros diez años de vida de Mutts. Es una antología idónea tanto para los fanáticos de la serie como para los recién llegados, y para niños y adultos: todos sin falta se enamorarán para siempre de los seres que habitan estas páginas.

Follow along with everyone’s favorite Jack Russell & tuxedo cat pals for another year’s worth of fun & laughs in this comic strip treasury. It’s that time of year again, when Mooch gets those wild eyes and anything can happen. In this collection of Mutts comics, Earl and Mooch go to the beach for summer vacation, welcome back new and old friends, and show us the rewards of loving an animal. Both humorous and heatfelt, this collection also touches on spaying, adoption, and endangered species.

Jules es un gatito muy amoroso y quiere abrazar a todo el mundo. Con una lista en la mano para no olvidar a nadie, sale a recorrer el mundo para dar amor a todos los animales (y a una que otra planta también). Amigos, chimpancés, ballenas y osos polares, todos merecen un abrazo. Patrick McDonnell, dibujante de la exitosa historieta MUTTS, nos trae una historia con sus ya clásicos personajes. En cada abrazo de este libro hay ternura y compasión por los animales y la naturaleza. El amor que tiene Jules por los demás es contagioso y despertará en el lector las ganas de abrazar a todos a su alrededor.

It''s been a long, cold winter—Earl and Mooch are looking forward to shmelling the flowers! Spring is the season of new beginnings. The birds are singing fresh concertos they’ve been working on all winter long. The caterpillars are dreaming of butterfly flight. And the bears could use that first cup of coffee after their three-month hibernation. Celebrate spring with the Mutts gang as they go on egg-decorating sprees, dodge playful rain showers, and welcome home the birds from their winter vacation. Check out the “More to Explore” section to learn about the mysteries and wonders of the birds, who are all too happy to let you know that spring is here. You’ll find that Mooch and Earl’s feathered friends have some surprising secrets, and you won’t want to miss out on the springtime fun.

Little Louie''s story keeps getting messed up, and he''s not happy about it! What''s the point of telling his tale if he can''t tell it perfectly? But when he stops and takes a deep breath, he realizes that everything is actually just fine, and his story is a good one-imperfections and all.

Un hilarante recordatorio de cómo la tecnología nos puede llevar hacia atrás... ¡a la época de las cavernas! "Había una vez, hace mucho, mucho tiempo, o tal vez ayer... un niño que vivía en una cueva." La era tecnológica tiene muchos aspectos positivos, pero también un sinfín de consecuencias negativas, sobre todo para las nuevas generaciones. Una de estas consecuencias es que al tener una interacción excesiva con aparatos electrónicos, como tabletas, computadoras o teléfonos inteligentes, muchos niños y niñas dejan de relacionarse con su entorno. La realidad virtual poco a poco comienza a ocupar el lugar de la realidad concreta. Recurriendo a su característico ingenio y mediante un enfoque humorístico, Patrick McDonnell aborda dicha problemática en un libro dirigido a los niños, pero cuyo mensaje es válido para las personas de todas las edades. Es la historia de Tek, un niño cavernícola que vive encerrado en su cueva, pegado a sus dispositivos electrónicos. Su aislamiento le ha impedido darse cuenta de que en el exterior hay un mundo grande y hermoso esperándolo. Un detalle curioso es que el libro tiene la forma de una tableta electrónica.

Enjoy the fun & laughs with everyone’s favorite Jack Russell & tuxedo cat pals, along with all their friends, in this comic strip treasury. In MUTTS, Patrick McDonnell strikes a delicate balance between lighthearted fun and responsible social commentary through the exploits of Earl the dog and Mooch the cat. Earl and Mooch, along with supporting sidekicks Shtinky Puddin'', Sourpuss, Guard Dog, and Crabby, humorously approach a range of subjects—from napping and daydreaming to summer vacations and Christmas anticipations—in addition to tackling important issues like responsible pet ownership, animal shelters, and saving our endangered species.

Un pasaje de la vida cotidiana que, bajo la mirada del talentoso Patrick McDonnell se convierte en un momento lleno de magia. Un libro para niños pequeños, pero que encantará a muchos adultos. Es de noche. Maggie ayuda al pequeño conejo Clement a abotonarse el pijama. En ese momento llaman a la puerta. Son Jean y Alexander, un elefantito y un bebé oso. Ambos traen sus pijamas, pues pasarán la noche con Celement. Sin embargo, ninguno de ellos tiene sueño. Así que organizan una fiesta de pijamas con diferentes juegos. Luego miran las estrellas, escuchan a un pájaro cantar y Maggie los invita a tomar una pequeña cena. Finalmente, los tres animalitos comienzan a sentirse soñolientos y, tras lavarse los dientes, se van a dormir. Un ejemplo más de la sutileza y sensibilidad de Patrick McDonnell, autor de: Yo, Jane, El monstruo de los monstruos y Como en el cielo, todos ellos publicados por Océano Travesía.

A shining new picture book about learning to appreciate the wonders in your world and within yourself, by New York Times bestselling author Patrick McDonnell and Naoko Stoop, creator of Red Knit Cap Girl, a New York Times Best Illustrated book Hoshi the sea star looks up in the sky and sees the stars shining. She wishes that she too could be in the sky amongst the brilliant stars--and as she imagines how much better it would be up in the air, she fails to appreciate the beautiful world that surrounds her underwater. It takes Hoshi''s friends, old and new, to help her realize that her shine comes from within. With gorgeous illustrations depicting colorful underwater life, Shine! teaches about the wonders that can be found inside ourselves. Naoko''s gorgeous use of plywood as the canvas for her work offers the perfect texture and pattern to evoke waves and sea currents in the underwater scenes.

Follow along with the adventures of everyone’s favorite Jack Russell & tuxedo cat pals during their year of “yesh we can” in this comic strip treasury. In this chronological collection of Mutts strips, a year’s worth of color Sunday strips and black-and-white daily strips are included, along with pop-art splash pages that highlight McDonnell’s imaginative artwork and distinctive style.